Nikki Fairweather was walking tahanan deep in thought when suddenly she felt a gun being pressed into the small of her back as a sinister voice whispered “gimme all your money and nobody gets hurt” she laughed softly to herself before turning to face the two young men threatening her “do I really look like someone who has a ton of money floating around” she asked. the muggers glanced at each other she had a good point. With her spiky green hair, tattered jeans and rumpled paint stained red sando she didn’t look like someone with a lot of money “so since I don’t have any money I guess you can let me go right?” she sinabi sweetly. “Sorry” the taller of the two sinabi with a smirk. “But im afraid it doesnt quite work that way”
as he lunged to grab her a shadow detached itself from the pader and flew at him scattering nikkis books and knocking the mugger to the ground. “Leave her alone!” snarled her rescuer punching him in the face before spinning around to take care of the segundo man who had been edging towards the entrance to the alley. “Where do you think you’re goin’” he asked dangerously advancing on the terrified man with a smirk. “Ya cant leave yet the funs about ta start!”he told the man as he kicked the man so hard he went flying into a wall. The two men got to their feet and ran away as fast as their legs could carry them. “You ok miss?” asked nikkis rescuer turning towards her. “wow!” she breathed finally getting a good look at him. Standing in front of her was a five foot tall turtle. He had a bright red ninja mask, two dagger-like weapons hooked into his sinturon and a large shell covered in battle scars. “You’re...amazing” she sinabi letting her gaze travel over his very muscular green body, noting that although earlier he had been wearing a fierce scowl now that the fight was over his gaze had softened and he seemed genuinely concerned about her. “Uh thanks?” he offered obviously uncomturable with how closely she was scrutinizing her. Afterc a moment he added “Ain’t ya gonna run away screaming or sometin’?” “No” she replied “why would I do that?” “I dunno” he sinabi shrugging “its just thats what most people seem ta do” “im not like most people” she sinabi “and why wouldn’t they at least stop to thank you for helping them?” “I guess I look weird or ugly or sometin’” he sinabi shrugging again. “I don’t think you’re ugly” nikki sinabi honestly “I think you look rather handsome! Green but handsome” “well you’d be da first” he sinabi dejectedly. “Nikki fairweather!” she announced brightly sticking out her hand. He stared at it in surprise for a moment before enveloping it in his large strong three fingered one. “Raphael” he sinabi shaking her hand firmly. “Well raphael” she sinabi enjoying the way his name sounded when she sinabi it. as she stooped to pick up her books “thanks for beating those jerks up for me” “my pleasure” he responded leaning over to help her. “I seriously don’t know what I would have done without you” she sinabi chasing a pencil that had rolled away “im not really much of a fighter” “really?” asked raphael “cause you sounded pretty cocky to me” “well yeah” she sinabi as he handed her stuff to her “but I mean I get mad I just don’t react violently. I mean like the world has so many problems and I just want to fix all of them y’know?” “Yeah” murmured raphael quietly “I know” “but I take out my frustrations on my art and turn them into something beautiful instead of like freaking out a lot and making madami problems” she explained cheerfully
“really?” asked raphael with interest “hittin’ stuff works pretty good for me” she laughed “well we all have our own ways of dealing with stress I guess!” she sinabi with a smile “but anyway I guess what im trying to say is I may have “guts” but im not going to actually attack someone raphael, I mean I don’t even know how to throw a punch!” “You should probably learn how if you’re gonna stay in new york” he sinabi leaning against a pader “and you can call me raph if you want” “ok thanks Ill keep that mind” she sinabi shivering a little as the temperature dropped. he noticed “you should probably get tahanan its gettin’ later” “ok!” she sinabi brightly hugging her books to her chest “ It is getting a little nippy out” she admitted trying not to stare as it occured to her that technically he wasn’t wearing any clothes so sa pamamagitan ng rights he should be the one freezing his butt off “I could walk ya tahanan if ya want” raph offered blushing slightly “y’know just ta make sure those thugs don’t come back” “thanks raph!” sinabi nikki with a grin I’d like that”